In Season 21, the team who placed 2nd in the first leg were eventually the 2nd team to be eliminated, the team who placed 3rd in the first leg were eventually the 3rd team to eliminated. That's not all - the team who placed 2nd-to-last in the first leg placed 2nd overall, and the team who placed 3rd-to-last in the first leg placed 3rd overall.

Out of the 3 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 11 teams remaining, 3/3 were survived.Out of the 2 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 9 teams remaining, 2/2 were survived.Out of the 4 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 8 teams remaining, 2/4 were survived (16, 20).Out of the 8 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 7 teams remaining, 6/7 were survived (all except 14).Out of the 11 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 6 teams remaining, 6/11 were survived (2, 6, 8, 13, 16, 18).Out of the 14 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 5 teams remaining, 8/14 were survived (2, 3[x2], 4, 5[x2], 8, 9)-Interestingly, no team has survived a 5th place NEL since Season 9's BJ & Tyler.Out of the 17 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 4 teams remaining, 11/17 were survived (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11[x1], 12, 13, 15).Out of the 6 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 3 teams remaining, 3/6 have eventually won the Race. (2, 3, 7).

For this listing to have any context, we'd need the number of total legs in each of those countries as well.One would expect that those countries that have been most frequently visited would have the most NELs. While it may not always be the case, as a rule of thumb, if there are two legs in a country or city, then one of them is often a NEL. What would also be interesting to see is how many times the NEL was the first of two legs, or the second.

Could people *not* post about the current season in the discussion forum? You've just spoiled what sounds like a major race moment for me so thanks a lot...

IF anyone ever sees a true spoiler in the discussion threads please use the "report to moderator" button immediately so one of the mods can take care of it asap. And by the same token PLEASE be conscious where you are posting...we take the NO SPOILERS rule seriously.

HOWEVER, once something has appeared in the media (ie the show has aired, or a preview is discussed in a magazine) it IS NO LONGER A SPOILER.

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

Out of the 3 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 11 teams remaining, 3/3 were survived.Out of the 3 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 9 teams remaining, 3/3 were survived.Out of the 4 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 8 teams remaining, 2/4 were survived (16, 20).Out of the 9 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 7 teams remaining, 7/8 were survived (all except 14).Out of the 11 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 6 teams remaining, 6/11 were survived (2, 6, 8, 13, 16, 18).Out of the 15 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 5 teams remaining, 9/15 were survived (2, 3[x2], 4, 5[x2], 8, 9, 22)-Interestingly, no team has survived a 5th place NEL since Season 9's BJ & Tyler.Mona & Beth - first team since BJ & Tyler to survive a 5th place NEL.Out of the 17 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 4 teams remaining, 11/17 were survived (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11[x1], 12, 13, 15).Out of the 6 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 3 teams remaining, 3/6 have eventually won the Race. (2, 3, 7).

-Updated.-Mona & Beth: second F/F team to survive a U-Turn (after Brook & Claire) first team to complete a Speed Bump AND U-Turn in the same leg and still survive-Joey & Meghan: first team to be U-Turned twice (as mentioned in the other threads)-The only times when four teams were involved in a Double U-Turn (users + victims) were TAR 17 (its inaugural season) and TAR 22.

It would have been very interesting if Mona & Beth were U-Turned in Vietnam as the other teams had planned to... they would have been the first team to survive two U-Turns!